In plain English
This page is reference material: definitions, schemas, catalogs, templates, and implementation records.
- Why this matters: AI risk can come from the whole arrangement, not one obvious model.
- What to look for: data, memory, routes, adapters, tools, evaluators, updates, and rollback paths.
- Technical version below: the expert terminology remains available and is linked through the glossary.
Lineage Review Template
Artifact identity
Record artifact hash, owner, source, parent artifacts, mutation or derivation operator, and data sources.
Behavioral inheritance
List capabilities, safety claims, known failures, evaluatorA system that judges whether an AI output or candidate is acceptable. Open glossary definition shortcuts, and residue that may have transferred.
Laundering check
Identify repeated derivations that obscure origin. Mark lineage launderingProposed Cognivirus terminology for a situation where repeated derivation makes the origin of a behavior difficult to recognize even when artifact parentage is technically recorded. Open glossary definition as proposed Cognivirus terminology, not a standardized legal or scientific category.